#cryptonomicon — Public Fediverse posts

Now I want to read a sci-fi novel set in the near future about two programmers who need to learn non-vibe-coding to write something under the radar of the AIs (plural!) watching their every move online.

To save the world.
In rust.

And they're fighting over vi vs emacs.

And it will have to be on an OpenBSD machine, since every performance setting is disabled because of rowhammer et alter.

Something like the Morse stuff in Cryptonomicon?

#AI #nealstephenson #cryptonomicon #vibecoding #vi #openbsd #bsd
#writingprompt #rust #rustlang

@Kerplunk @dw_innovation
#Cryptonomicon is a book worth reading, for several reasons including amusement, and has an interesting appendix on a card game.

Try not to mention the #Crocodile

#SciFi #NealStephenson #Encryption

@beka_valentine I picture:

#TheBaroqueCycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

Especially the #TechnologickalCollege in

#TheSystemOfTheWorld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel)

By #NealStephenson in addition to his handling of #Turing in his

#Cryptonomicon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

We still use the purely theoretical #TuringMachine as a base measure of a computional system.

So often it takes a concentration of resources, enabling an inventor to try and fail, over and over again, often at great expense.

@beka_valentine I picture:

#TheBaroqueCycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

Especially the #TechnologickalCollege in

#TheSystemOfTheWorld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel)

By #NealStephenson in addition to his handling of #Turing in his

#Cryptonomicon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

We still use the purely theoretical #TuringMachine as a base measure of a computional system.

So often it takes a concentration of resources, enabling an inventor to try and fail, over and over again, often at great expense.

@beka_valentine I picture:

#TheBaroqueCycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

Especially the #TechnologickalCollege in

#TheSystemOfTheWorld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel)

By #NealStephenson in addition to his handling of #Turing in his

#Cryptonomicon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

We still use the purely theoretical #TuringMachine as a base measure of a computional system.

So often it takes a concentration of resources, enabling an inventor to try and fail, over and over again, often at great expense.

@beka_valentine I picture:

#TheBaroqueCycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

Especially the #TechnologickalCollege in

#TheSystemOfTheWorld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel)

By #NealStephenson in addition to his handling of #Turing in his

#Cryptonomicon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

We still use the purely theoretical #TuringMachine as a base measure of a computional system.

So often it takes a concentration of resources, enabling an inventor to try and fail, over and over again, often at great expense.

@beka_valentine I picture:

#TheBaroqueCycle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

Especially the #TechnologickalCollege in

#TheSystemOfTheWorld

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_System_of_the_World_(novel)

By #NealStephenson in addition to his handling of #Turing in his

#Cryptonomicon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

We still use the purely theoretical #TuringMachine as a base measure of a computional system.

So often it takes a concentration of resources, enabling an inventor to try and fail, over and over again, often at great expense.

from The #Cryptonomicon (p. 25)

Tell me what this sounds like to you. Passage from 2000.

“. . . Ordo into streaming mode where it will decrypt the files just long enough for him to read them and then, when he closes the windows, expunge the plaintext from the computer’s memory and from its hard drive.”

#TAILS #Amnesiac #RAM #AntiForensic
#NealStevenson

#randomthoughts
- #gaming - trying to play #starcitizen is how you learn #patience and #understanding.
- #elitedangerous is an adequate substitute, but after 3k+ hours, its hard to be engrossed anymore.
- #sundayscaries obsoleted by last week's distraction-free work-shopping with my team as we build out our capability and maturity. #anxiety is now excitement. I actually did 5 hours of work today in preparation for the coming week, by choice. Its probably been 10+ years since I chose that end of the work/life balance scale on a Sunday.
- peppermint and chamomile #tea keeps the heart, stomach, and mind #calm
- #Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is more enjoyable than #SnowCrash, probably due to the history and non-apocalyptic relatability.

Neal Stephenson – Announcing Polostan
https://nealstephenson.com/news/2024/04/25/announcing-polostan,-on-sale-october-15,-2024/
#ycombinator #Neal_Stephenson #SEVENEVES #Reamde #Anathem #Baroque_Cycle #Quicksilver #Cryptonomicon #The_Diamond_Age #Snow_Crash #Subutai #Magic_Leap

Ho pre-ordinato l'ultimo libro di #NealStephenson (versione italiana) #TerminationShock

Dello stesso autore ho adorato alcuni libri, ma alcuni li ho trovati un po' mal riusciti. Molto belli #Cryptonomicon e il #Ciclobarocco ; simpatico #SnowCrash (IMHO sopravvalutato dalla critica) e #Zodiac, tra l'altro come l'ultimo è un eco-thriller, ma si vede che è un'opera giovanile.
Il suo migliore IMHO è #Anathem 👍

Vediamo come andrà. Tengo le aspettative basse, così magari ci rimango meno male

#Cryptonomicon #NealStephenson #UNIX #BooksOfMastodon #mastobooks #RandomLiteraryQuotes #Encryption #cryptography #cryptoanalysis #crypto